Each team played each of their rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game. The teams who finished top would advance to the knock-out stage, with the winners being declared National Hurling League champions.

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Cork GAA
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It is one of the constituent counties of Munster GAA. Cork is one of the few counties in Ireland, competing in a similar level in both gaelic football and hurling. As of the end of the 2015 National Leagues, Cork compete in the top division of both sports, by comparison, Cork has only won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship seven times. Traditionally football is strongest in the half of the county. Hurling is the dominant sport in the east, with such as Sarsfields. Naturally, there are exceptions to this rule of thumb, with hurling pockets in football areas, one example is Fermoy in east Cork, which has seven Cork football titles to its name. As well as this, the St. Finbarrs club in the city has eight Cork football titles and 25 in hurling, Corks current GAA crest is based on the traditional coat of arms of Cork city. Like the coat of arms, the crest features the Kings old castle, the centre foreground of the crest features a ship, as does the coat of arms. This is due to Corks history as a city, also shown in the city motto Statio Bene Fida Carinis. The badge also features two footballs, along with a pair of hurleys. Corks traditional colours are red and white, but this was not always the case, in its early days of competing, the county wore a blue jersey with a saffron-coloured C emblazoned on the chest. This was changed in 1919 when the Cork hurlers were preparing to play Dublin in the All-Ireland Final, in the week leading up to the game, British forces broke into the county board offices on Maylor Street in the city centre and seized the Cork jerseys. Because of the loss of their kit, the county board borrowed jerseys from the now-defunct Father OLeary Temperance Association team, Cork went on to win the game, ending a sixteen-year spell without a trophy. Following this win Cork decided to wear the red jerseys in their future games. This red and white colour scheme has led to the Cork strip being nicknamed the blood, a colour clash with Louth in the 1957 All-Ireland Football Final saw Cork wear the blue jerseys again, but this occasion saw the team wear the blue jersey of the province of Munster. In 1976 Corks footballers became involved in an incident known as the three stripes affair, before the Munster football final Cork were offered a set of Adidas jerseys. The use of these jerseys caused controversy as it seemed to undermine the promotion of Irish manufacturers, Corks alternative colours are traditionally white jerseys and white shorts. These alternate colours were worn in the 1973 All-Ireland Football Final when Cork defeated Galway to claim their fourth title and they were worn again in the 2010 Final when Cork defeated Down for their seventh title

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Dublin GAA
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The Dublin Gaelic football team is the most supported GAA team in terms of attendance which is made up of 286 clubs. The team and its fans are known as The Dubs or The Jacks, the fans have a special affiliation with the Hill 16 end of Croke Park. Dublin GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the county of County Dublin. There are 9 officers on the Board including the Cathaoirleach, Seán Shanley, for details on the Boards clubs, see Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Dublin and List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland. The Board is subject to the Leinster GAA Provincial Council, the teams of Dublin GAA play home games at Parnell Park, Donnycarney on the northside of the city, although Croke Park is used for major matches at the request of the GAA. Parnell Park also hosts all the games in the Dublin club Football. The current senior manager is Jim Gavin. The current senior hurling team manager is Ger Cunningham, meanwhile, the hurlers retained their status in the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Plans to divide Dublin into two teams – North Dublin and South Dublin – were proposed in 2002 but rejected by the Dublin County Board, currently the Board has only decided to divide its development teams. These teams are not considered to be a move towards dividing the county but are in fact a move designed to identify, the restructured developments teams are North, South and West. Dublin supporters are known as The Dubs, and in the 1970s as Heffos army. While songs are popular with the Dublin fans they tend to be Dublin-centric such as Molly Malone. The Hill 16 end in Croke Park is an area for which many Dubs hold a special affection, Dublin supporters have been known to chant Hill 16 is Dublin only as a humorous jibe at supporters from rival teams. The Dublin team are sometimes called The Jacks with the ladies called The Jackies and these names came from a shortening of the word Jackeen. Notable fans include Jim Stynes, golfer Pádraig Harrington, rugby union star Brian ODriscoll, in 2003/4, the Dublin County Board tried unsuccessfully to copyright the Dublin crest in use at the time. The crest at the time was declared to be in the domain by the Irish High Court as it was too similar to other crests in use by Dublin City Council. The name Áth Cliath in Irish replaces the previous name Dublin, till 1918, Dublin wore the colours of the Club Champions as many other counties. The change to the present look, with blue details, shorts

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National Hurling League
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The National Hurling League is a league competition featuring amateur inter-county hurling teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925, it is regarded as the secondary inter-county hurling competition after the All-Ireland Championship, the National Hurling League has been associated with a title sponsor since 1985. As this sponsor has changed over the years the league too has been known by various names, the competition is currently known as the Allianz Hurling League. Currently it has 34 teams divided into six divisions, which are known as Divisions 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, six teams participate in the top five divisions with four teams contesting the bottom division. Promotion and relegation between divisions is a central feature of the National Hurling League. The Gaelic Athletic Association organises the league, which begins in February and concludes in May, the prize for the winning Division 1A team is the Dr. Croke Cup. In some seasons, including 2012, the winner of Division 1B is allowed to compete in the stages of the Division 1A title. The Division 1 title has been won at least once by ten different teams, the all-time record-holders are Tipperary, who have won the competition 19 times. The NHL was first held in 1925–26,38 years after the first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the League has traditionally played second fiddle to the All-Ireland, with most counties using it as a warm-up for the All-Ireland. This was not helped by the fact that the League was played in winter while the championship had the more attractive summer dates, in 1997, the league was changed to a February–April calendar, which has increased interest with attendances growing and live games broadcast on TG4. 34 teams play in the National Hurling League, there are six teams in the top five divisions, and four teams in Division 3B. Each team plays each other once, either home or away,2 points are awarded for a win, and 1 for a draw. Where two teams are level on points, the team won the head-to-head match is ranked ahead. If this game was a draw, points difference is used to rank the teams, where three or more teams are level on points, points difference is used to rank them. Cavan and New York are the teams not to contest in the National Hurling League. Division 1A, Top four teams qualify for NHL quarter-finals, bottom two teams play a relegation play-off, with the losing team relegated to Division 1B. Division 1B, Top team promoted to 1A, Top four teams qualify for NHL quarter-finals. Bottom two teams play a relegation play-off, with the team playing a promotion-relegation match against the Division 2A champions

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Clare GAA
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The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. Clare plays its games at Cusack Park in Ennis. The Clare Hurling team compete in the Munster championship which it has won six times, Clare has won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship four times in its history. They won their first title in 1914 and it took another 81 years for them to win their title in 1995. Clare won their most recent two titles in 1997 and 2013, Clare compete in Division 1 of the National Hurling League, and are currently the defending champions. Cusack Park is a GAA stadium located in the town of Ennis, County Clare and it is the home of the Clare Gaelic football and hurling teams. Three sides of the ground are terraced, the two areas behind the goals and one terraced length of the pitch which is also covered, the finals of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship and the Clare Senior Football Championship are held each year in the stadium. Hurling has been played in Clare for centuries and Michael Cusack, at senior level, Clare have won 6 Munster titles and 4 All-Ireland championships. Early Successes In 1899, Clare won their first provincial title after receiving a walkover from Kerry in the final, Clare contested the All-Ireland final, but lost to Dublin 5-1 to 1-6. 1914 saw Clare claim another Munster title when they beat Cork by 3-02 to 3-01, Clare then defeated Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final by 6-06 to 0-00 to reach the All-Ireland final for the first time their history. In the final Clare beat Laois by 2-04 to 1-02 and Amby Power became the first man to captain Clare to an All-Ireland hurling title, in 1932, Clare captured another provincial title, defeating Cork on a scoreline of 5-02 to 4-01. They went on to contest the All-Ireland final, but lost to Kilkenny by 3-03 to 2-03, the Revolutionary Years Under Ger Loughnane After losing Munster finals in 1993 and 1994, Len Gaynor was replaced as manager by Ger Loughnane. Clare made a return to the decider in 1995 after a 2-13 to 3-09 victory over Cork in the semi-final. In the final minutes of the game, Cork were leading by two points when Clare earned a sideline which was taken by Fergie Tuohy and it travelled to the edge of the square, where Ollie Baker doubled on the sliotar, scoring a goal, to put Clare through. In the final, Clare faced Limerick, Clare dominated the game and ran out easy victors by 1-17 to 0-11. This was Clares first Munster title in 63 years, in the All-Ireland semi-final, Clare played Galway. 2-01 from Ger OLoughlin and 0-07 from Jamesie OConnor saw Clare account for the tribesmen by 3-12 to 1-13, Offaly, reigning All-Ireland champions, awaited Clare in the final. In the second half, an Anthony Daly free rebounded off the post and fell to Eamonn Taaffe at the edge of the square, Clare ran out 1-13 to 2-08 victors

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Croke Park
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Croke Park is a GAA stadium located in Dublin, Ireland. Named in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is often called Croker by some GAA fans and it serves both as the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Since 1884 the site has been used primarily by the GAA to host Gaelic games, most notably the annual All-Ireland finals in football and hurling. Both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics, during the construction of the Aviva Stadium, Croke Park hosted games played by the Ireland national rugby union team and the Republic of Ireland national football team. The area now known as Croke Park was owned in the 1880s by Maurice Butterly and known as the City and Suburban Racecourse, from 1890 it was also used by the Bohemian Football Club. In 1901 Jones Road hosted the IFA Cup football final when Cliftonville defeated Freebooters, recognising the potential of the Jones Road sports ground a journalist and GAA member, Frank Dineen, borrowed much of the £3,250 asking price and bought the ground in 1908. In 1913 the GAA came into ownership of the plot when they purchased it from Dineen for £3,500. The ground was then renamed Croke Park in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, in 1913, Croke Park had only two stands on what is now known as the Hogan stand side and grassy banks all round. In 1917, a hill was constructed on the railway end of Croke Park to afford patrons a better view of the pitch. This terrace was known as Hill 16 as it was built from the ruins of the 1916 Easter Rising, in the 1920s, the GAA set out to create a high capacity stadium at Croke Park. Following the Hogan Stand, the Cusack Stand, named after Michael Cusack from Clare, was built in 1927,1936 saw the first double-deck Cusack Stand open with 5,000 seats, and concrete terracing being constructed on Hill 16. In 1952 the Nally Stand was built in memorial of Pat Nally, seven years later, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the GAA, the first cantilevered New Hogan Stand was opened. The highest attendance recorded at an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was 90,556 for Offaly v Down in 1961. Since the introduction of seating to the Cusack stand in 1966, during the Irish War of Independence on 21 November 1920 Croke Park was the scene of a massacre by the Royal Irish Constabulary. The Police, supported by the British Auxiliary Division entered the ground, the dead included 13 spectators and Tipperary player, Michael Hogan. Posthumously, the Hogan stand built in 1924 was named in his honour, in 1984 the organisation decided to investigate ways to increase the capacity of the old stadium. The design for an 80,000 capacity stadium was completed in 1991, Gaelic sports have special requirements as they take place on a large field. A specific requirement was to ensure the spectators were not too far from the field of play and this resulted in the three-tier design from which viewing games is possible, the main concourse, a premium level incorporating hospitality facilities and an upper concourse

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2009 National Hurling League
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The 2009 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League was the 78th NHL season. 35 GAA county hurling teams,34 from Ireland, and London contested it, Kilkenny were the Division 1 champions. The 2009 format of the National Hurling League is a new system consisting of five divisions. There are thirty-four teams competing, Divisions One and Two have eight teams in each, Division Three A contains six, Three B contains seven, and there are six teams in Division Four. Each team plays all of the teams in its division once. The bottom-placed team in divisions One, Two, Three A, the winners of the Division One final are the 2009 NHL champions. Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 2008 season, on 3 May 2009, Kilkenny won the title after a 4-17 to 2-26 extra-time win over Tipperary. It was their first league title since 2006 and their 14th National League title overall, clare failed to win a single group stage game - finishing in the bottom position - and were relegated to Division 2 for the 2010 league. Dublins Alan McCrabbe was the Division 1 top scorer with 1-50, a total of 8 teams contested the top division of the league, including all of the sides from the 2008 season that formerly took part in Divisions 1A and 1B. Due to the restructuring the 2008 Division 2 champions did not gain promotion to the top tier, each team played all the others in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The first-placed teams in Division 1 contested the final

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2014 National Hurling League
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The 2014 National Hurling League was the 83rd staging of the National Hurling League. The league began on 15 February, the divisional stage of the competition finished on 23 March. In the final played on 4 May at Semple Stadium, Kilkenny defeated Tipperary by 2-25 1-27 with TJ Reid getting the point in the last minute of extra-time. Tipperary had led by 1-11 to 1-9 at half time, the Tipperary goal coming from John ODwyer when he connected with Noel McGraths sideline cut to touch the ball to the net from the edge of the square. The game finished in a draw at 2-17 to 1-20 after 70 minutes with injury time points for Tipperary from Shane Bourke, both goals for Kilkenny came from penalties and both scored by TJ Reid and the sides were level 11 times. Division 1A, Top four teams qualify for NHL quarter-finals, bottom two teams play a relegation playoff, with the losing team relegated to Division 1B. Division 1B, Top team promoted to 1A, Top four teams qualify for NHL quarter-finals. Bottom two teams play a playoff, with the losing team playing a promotion-relegation match against the Division 2A champions. Division 2A, Top two teams play Division 2A final, with the team playing a promotion-relegation match against the loser of the Division 1B relegation playoff. Bottom team relegated to Division 2B, Division 2B, Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted. Bottom two teams play a playoff, with the losing team playing a promotion-relegation match against the Division 3A champions. Division 3A, Top two teams play Division 3A final, with the team playing a promotion-relegation match against the loser of the Division 2B relegation playoff. Bottom team relegated to Division 3B, Division 3B, Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted. NHL quarter-finals Relegation play-off Tipperary and Dublin are separated by total points scored

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2015 National Hurling League
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The 2015 National Hurling League was the 84th staging of the National Hurling League. Waterford won their first title since 2007 after a 1-24 to 0-17 win against Cork in the final on 3 May, tG4 and Setanta provided live coverage of the league with highlights shown on RTÉ2 on Sunday nights. 34 teams play in the 2015 NHL, there are six teams in the top five divisions, and four teams in Division 3B. Each team plays each other once, either home or away,2 points are awarded for a win, and 1 for a draw. Where two teams are level on points, the team won the head-to-head match is ranked ahead. If this game was a draw, points difference is used to rank the teams, where three or more teams are level on points, points difference is used to rank them. Division 1A, Top four teams qualify for NHL quarter-finals, bottom two teams play a relegation play-off, with the losing team relegated to Division 1B. Division 1B, Top team promoted to 1A, Top four teams qualify for NHL quarter-finals. Bottom two teams play a relegation play-off, with the team playing a promotion-relegation match against the Division 2A champions. Division 2A, Top two teams play Division 2A final, with the team playing a promotion-relegation match against the loser of the Division 1B relegation play-off. Bottom team relegated to Division 2B, Division 2B, Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted. Bottom two teams play a relegation play-off, with the team playing a promotion-relegation match against the Division 3A champions. Division 3A, Top two teams play Division 3A final, with the team playing a promotion-relegation match against the loser of the Division 2B relegation play-off. Bottom team relegated to Division 3B, Division 3B, Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted. Division final and possible promotion Relegation Division final and possible promotion Full Fixtures and Results

Cork GAA
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It is one of the constituent counties of Munster GAA. Cork is one of the few counties in Ireland, competing in a similar level in both gaelic football and hurling. As of the end of the 2015 National Leagues, Cork compete in the top division of both sports, by comparison, Cork has only won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship seven times. Tradit

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Cork GAA

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The Cork hurling team that captured a third All-Ireland title in-a-row in 1978.

Dublin GAA
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The Dublin Gaelic football team is the most supported GAA team in terms of attendance which is made up of 286 clubs. The team and its fans are known as The Dubs or The Jacks, the fans have a special affiliation with the Hill 16 end of Croke Park. Dublin GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the county of County Dublin. There ar

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Dublin against Tyrone in the 2013 National Football League Final

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Dublin GAA

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Liam Rushe in action for the Dublin hurlers against Galway in the Allianz Hurling League.

National Hurling League
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The National Hurling League is a league competition featuring amateur inter-county hurling teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925, it is regarded as the secondary inter-county hurling competition after the All-Ireland Championship, the National Hurling League has been associated with a title sponsor since 1985. As this sponsor has changed

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Jason Flynn in action for Galway against Kilkenny in the 2015 National Hurling League

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Allianz National Hurling League

Clare GAA
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The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. Clare plays its games at Cusack Park in Ennis. The Clare Hurling team compete in the Munster championship which it has won six times, Clare has won the All-Ireland Senior H

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Michael Cusack Statue at Croke Park

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Clare GAA

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Early Clare hurling team

Croke Park
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Croke Park is a GAA stadium located in Dublin, Ireland. Named in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is often called Croker by some GAA fans and it serves both as the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Since 1884 the site has been used primarily by the GAA to host Gaelic games, most notably the annual All-Irela

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Croke Park Páirc an Chrócaigh

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A fireworks and light display was held in Croke Park in front of 79,161 fans on Saturday 31 January 2009 to mark the GAA's 125th anniversary

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Bloody Sunday remembrance plaque

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The outside of the Cusack Stand

2009 National Hurling League
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The 2009 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League was the 78th NHL season. 35 GAA county hurling teams,34 from Ireland, and London contested it, Kilkenny were the Division 1 champions. The 2009 format of the National Hurling League is a new system consisting of five divisions. There are thirty-fo

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National Hurling League 2009

2014 National Hurling League
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The 2014 National Hurling League was the 83rd staging of the National Hurling League. The league began on 15 February, the divisional stage of the competition finished on 23 March. In the final played on 4 May at Semple Stadium, Kilkenny defeated Tipperary by 2-25 1-27 with TJ Reid getting the point in the last minute of extra-time. Tipperary had l

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Séamus Callanan of Tipperary and Aidan Harte of Galway in action in the 2014 National Hurling League in Pearse Stadium

2015 National Hurling League
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The 2015 National Hurling League was the 84th staging of the National Hurling League. Waterford won their first title since 2007 after a 1-24 to 0-17 win against Cork in the final on 3 May, tG4 and Setanta provided live coverage of the league with highlights shown on RTÉ2 on Sunday nights. 34 teams play in the 2015 NHL, there are six teams in the t